Video: CAIR Rep Discusses ‘Manchurian Interns’ on CNN
Video: Round 2 of Rachel Maddow Exposes Anti-Islam Extremists in Congress
Video: Rachel Maddow Exposes Anti-Islam Extremists in Congress
Audio: CAIR Rep Receives Hate Call During Radio Interview
Four Republican Congress members have accused the Council on American Islamic Relations of infiltrating Capitol Hill. They say CAIR is placing interns in Congressional offices to spy on members. Some Muslims worry the allegations are stirring up a new wave of fear and intolerance. Tanya Snyder reports. Click here to listen.
CAIR Calls Settlement of Six Imams ‘Flying While Muslim’ Case ‘Victory for Justice’
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/20/09) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today hailed what it called a “victory for justice and civil rights” in the case of the six imams, or Islamic religious leaders, who said their rights were violated in 2006 when they were removed from a US Airways flight in Minnesota and arrested. CAIR, […]
CAIR Joins Interfaith Health Care Hearing on Capitol Hill
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/14/09) – CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad spoke today at an interfaith hearing on universal health care hosted by the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of major national Islamic organizations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The hearing, which included presentations by Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and […]
Who is Dave Gaubatz?
Along with his past rhetorical attacks on CAIR, Dave Gaubatz has called President Obama a “crack head” and wrote that “a vote for Hussein Obama is a vote for Sharia Law.” He has defamed Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, calling him a “loser” and writing that the “prophet will look at my dog and kiss him.” In […]
Right-Wing Reps Call Muslims ‘Spies’ in Congress
Four Republican lawmakers have accused the most prominent Islamic advocacy group in Washington of trying to plant “spies” as interns on Capitol Hill. The claim was quickly denounced as “racist” and “insidious” by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and the effort appears to have little support from GOP leaders. In an unusual announcement this morning, […]
Mich. School District Apologizes for Bible Study Forms
(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 10/1/09) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) said today that a Detroit-area school district has apologized for handing out permission slips for Bible study classes to elementary school students.SEE: School District Says it Erred in Allowing Church Permission SlipsCAIR-MI sent a letter to Roseville Public Schools after receiving […]
CAIR Asks DOJ to Address Civil Liberties Concerns About FBI Manual
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/30/09) – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. to address concerns about possible civil rights violations resulting from FBI investigation guidelines instituted in the last days of the Bush administration. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued that call after the […]